Seeing the other party's surprised expression, Shopkeeper Tong seemed to have expected it, and said with a smile: "How is it, is Jiang Gongzi still satisfied?" ”

Are you still satisfied? Satisfied with the ghost, this price is a bit different from Jiang Yun's original expectations, in his opinion, this book of the West Chamber does not sell for one hundred and eighty taels, it is worthy of such a classic novel of talented and beautiful women.

However, the shopkeeper Tong now told him that such a classic novel can only be sold for three taels of silver, which makes it strange that he can be satisfied.

Although this bargaining is a sky-high asking price, sitting on the ground to repay the money, but the other party is too ruthless in pressing the price.

He bluntly expressed his dissatisfaction and said: "I am very dissatisfied with this price, three taels of silver is too little." ”

When the shopkeeper Tong heard this, the smile on his face faded suddenly, and he was stunned, but when he saw the other party's angry look, he couldn't help but smile again, thinking that the other party was just a newcomer who had just debuted and didn't understand the market, which was also understandable.

In fact, the price she gave was not low, the pen of three taels of silver for a book is close to those who have become famous, and the general new debut mountain people are at most one or two taels of silver for the pen, she came out of three taels at once, and she has taken care of each other very much, of course, this book of the West Chamber is really good is the main reason, otherwise she would not have paid such a high price.

I thought that the other party should be very satisfied, but when she thought that the other party was very dissatisfied, she immediately said bluntly: "Jiang Gongzi didn't know much about the market in this industry before. ”

Jiang Yun really didn't understand, so he said, "I want to hear about it." ”

The shopkeeper Tong explained: "In this industry, as long as the new debut mountain people, the pen will not be too high, generally the level of one or two taels of silver for a book, or even less than one or two silver." And the price of the three taels of silver I gave to Jiang Gongzi is already very high, and it has exceeded the level of a new debutant, even if it is some famous people, the pen of a book is only three or four taels of silver. ”

"Do you know that the author of the 'Twelfth Floor', who has been in the limelight recently, is Liuqiao Jushi, how much silver is his pen?"

Jiang Yun was stunned when he heard this, he didn't expect that this line of work would be like this, a book could only have one or two taels of silver, and three taels of silver was already very high? This was obviously a big surprise to him, and it was far from his expectations.

Hearing the other party ask at this moment, he shook his head and said he didn't know.

The shopkeeper Tong continued: "Five taels of silver! Even if he is a famous person like Liuqiao, the polishing pen of his book, that is, five taels of silver, I believe this is already the highest price in this industry." ”

After listening to the concubine's explanation, I don't know if Gongzi Jiang is still satisfied with the price of three taels of silver. ”

Jiang Yun didn't know how to answer for a while, if he wanted to answer, he would definitely be dissatisfied, even if what the other party said was true, he believed that the other party would not deceive him, because this market matter, as long as it took a little effort, it was not difficult to inquire clearly.

However, he worked hard for a few days, and finally only got a few taels of silver, he was still a little dissatisfied, in fact, three taels of silver is a lot, which is enough for an ordinary family to live for a few months.

The main reason is that it is too different from his original expectations. This book of the West Chamber is a classic of the original previous life, he originally had high hopes for this, and planned to make a lot of money with it, but he didn't expect that after working for a few days, he only got a few taels of silver in the end.

What can a few taels of silver be worth, now Gu Bo is taking medicine, two pairs of Xinghetang's black tiger paste every day, it will cost one tael of silver, and a pair of ordinary yellow-level celebrity Gao Shi's authentic manuscripts will cost more than a dozen taels or dozens of taels of silver.

He could only ask tentatively, "Can't it be a little higher?" ”

Shopkeeper Tong shook his head and said, "I have made it very clear just now, the price of three taels of silver is already the highest among the new debutants, which is equivalent to the level of ordinary famous people, and it really can't be higher." ”

Of course, this book of the West Chamber is really good, and she didn't want to give up, so she said again: "Jiang Gongzi can inquire after he goes out, and the concubine's words are not the slightest false." Fat Yan Zhai is a big study, it is famous in the entire Qingling Mansion, I believe that if Jiang Gongzi goes elsewhere, he will not be able to pay a higher price than this. ”

After a pause, she said again: "That's it, this book of the West Chamber is not short, the upper and lower volumes can be divided into two volumes, Benzhai will print the upper volume first, if the market is really good, then add a little price to the next volume, what do you think?"

How much can you add to the price, Jiang Yun was still very dissatisfied in his heart, he thought about it, and said: "I have a suggestion, I don't know if Shopkeeper Tong can listen to it." ”

Shopkeeper Tong smiled slightly and said, "If Jiang Gongzi has anything to say, just say, aren't we discussing." ”

Jiang Yun said: "This book of the West Chamber, I don't plan to say death at a fixed price, can you use the method of commission?"

"Commission?" Jiang Gongzi means ......," shopkeeper Tong asked.

Jiang Yun said: "I mean, this West Chamber, according to its sales to settle the pen, for example, every time a copy is sold, I can get a fixed profit of 30%, the less I sell, I get less, the more I sell, I get more, this is fairer, what does the shopkeeper think this way." ”

He is quite confident in the classic novel of the West Chamber, which was originally a classic novel of talented and beautiful women in his previous life, and believes that the sales will not be bad.

The shopkeeper Tong listened to it and said to himself: "Such a commission method according to sales volume is quite novel, but it is ......."

She shook her head again and said, "But this method doesn't work." ”

Jiang Yun listened, but he was puzzled and asked, "Why doesn't it work?"

The shopkeeper Tong said: "Although our study can increase the printing volume, there are many restrictions, and the total amount of goods is still limited. And when a book comes out, if the market is optimistic, there will soon be many private shops competing to print it, and the market will soon be saturated, so if Jiang Gongzi you adopt this settlement method, the final income will not be much different from the agreed fixed price, which will also increase our troubles in settlement, so we generally will not adopt this pricing method. ”

Jiang Yun was stunned when he heard this, and from the other party's words, he heard an important message, that is, if a book comes out, if the market is optimistic, there will be many private shops competing to print it?

He asked: "Shopkeeper Tong just said that there are private shops competing to publish them, and they have not been authorized by me and Yan Zhai, isn't this a pirate, and the government won't take care of it?" ”

Shopkeeper Tong glanced at him strangely and said, "Private shops publish books, this is also their power, why should the government care?"

Jiang Yun said: "However, they have not been authorized by me and your study." ”

Shopkeeper Tong shook his head and said, "Why do you have to authorize it, those private shops publish books, it is a matter of course, and we have no power to manage it." ”

Jiang Yun listened and was speechless for a while, and from the next explanation of the shopkeeper Tong, he finally understood such a speechless fact, here, the protection of intellectual property rights is basically zero.

It is the masterpiece of those famous Coats' anthologies, those private shops want to print and print, and no one will ever meddle in things, accusing this of being immoral, and even praise this as a good deed, a righteous act, and the article will be published into a book, so that more people have the opportunity to read the articles of the famous Coats, and this is equivalent to making a name for others, and those famous Masters will only be grateful, and will not be blamed to stop it.

Besides, the novels of talented and beautiful women are originally deviated from the mainstream culture, and they are not promoted and recognized by readers at all, and the government will not care much about it, so those private shops are completely unscrupulous and do not have any psychological burden.

After understanding such a speechless fact, Jiang Yun had no choice but to accept this fact.

He didn't mention anything anymore and raised it according to the sales volume, and bargained: "If you don't want to add a little more, how about four taels of silver?"

The shopkeeper Tong also looked helpless, shook his head, and said, "Then add a little more, three taels or three dollars of silver." ”

"Three, two, five!" Jiang Yun said again.

The shopkeeper Tong glanced at him, and finally reluctantly agreed, and said: "Okay, three taels and five dollars of silver, this price is the highest price for a new debutant, but Jiang Gongzi has to promise me that if there are new books in the future, I must consider Benzhai." ”

Jiang Yun agreed, and then everyone was happy, and the shopkeeper Tong immediately picked up a prepared contract, and after Jiang Yun read it, there was no objection, and the two parties signed and signed each other.

"Yes, Jiang Gongzi, this story of the West Chamber is a happy ending in the end?" After signing the contract, the shopkeeper Tong asked, just now she just took a cursory look at the manuscript of the next volume brought by Jiang Yun, and did not read it carefully.

Jiang Yun said: "Yes, in the end, Zhang Sheng and Miss Cui have lovers and eventually become married." ”

Shopkeeper Tong was completely relieved now, she was worried that the new debutant mountain people didn't know the high and low, and pretended to be deep, and if she had to write any tragedy, it would be a bad thing. Although it is not impossible to have tragedy, as a new debutant, it is better not to play this difficult art.

After that, the shopkeeper Tong immediately paid Jiang Yun three taels of silver, of course, this is still the pen of the last book, this West Chamber Ji Fat Yan Zhai intends to be divided into two volumes of printing, and when the next volume is printed, Jiang Yun can also get another three or five dollars of silver, if the market is good by then, the next volume can also increase the price, but obviously it will not be too much.

In the end, he agreed on a pen name for the book to be printed, and Jiang Yun casually took a pen name called "Jiang Shang Diaosuo".

Hearing this name, the shopkeeper Tong looked strange, the other party was obviously a young man, but he wanted to take such a "Laosuo" name, isn't this deliberately fooling people, but the other party has to take it like this, she will not have any objections.